[MINC-users] Ubuntu MINC packages

[Andrew Janke]

Hi all,

Given that Ubuntu seems to be gaining in popularity, I have compiled a
number of the MINC packages here for feisty

   http://packages.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ubuntu/

These are in both in i386 and amd64 flavor. Note that on some of the
newer CPU's the "amd64" or X86_64 kernels are returning some
impressive speeds.  (if you have a Xeon, Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Quad you
should be using a 64 bit kernel).  See here for a quick comparison:

   http://wiki.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/index.php/MincBenchmarking

Note the difference in the two results for the same machine (ben --
the last entry) with both a server-bigiron kernel (for 4GB or RAM) and
with an amd64 kernel and native compile of the MINC tools to suit.

You will note that I have removed a few dependencies in these packages
if only because the naming scheme in Ubuntu is slightly different for
some packages. You should install the following to make these work:

   sudo apt-get install libnetpbm9-dev libgsl0-dev netcdfg-dev
libhdf5-serial-dev

As usual I am interested to know if these work well for you.




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